geography Trivia Quiz # 87
This is Geography Quiz # 87, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Geography Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Geography Question 1
Highest Mountains? - Which country's highest peak is Grossglockner?
The correct answer is 'Austria'
Grossglockner is 12,457 ft. high or 3,797 meters.
Geography Question 2
People Places and Things - The largest home in North America is found here.
The correct answer is 'North Carolina'
Asheville NC is where the Biltmore House is located. This home has over 250 rooms and was completed in the late 1890's. It was built for George Vanderbilt.
Geography Question 3
Hong Kong Wanchai Bars - Which is the newest and arguably the most popular of the all night disco bars in Wanchai?
The correct answer is 'Fenwick'
The disco bars are all similar - with loud music, packed dance floors, single women and open 'till late or all night. Fenwick's is the newest compared to Strawberry’s, Neptune’s and Laguna and certainly seems the busiest on Friday and Saturday nights.
Geography Question 4
Places You Might Like To Go - Louvre
The correct answer is 'Paris'
Another prominent art museum
Geography Question 5
Border Rivers in Europe - Rhine.
The correct answer is 'Germany and Switzerland + Germany and France + Switzerland and Liechtenstein + Switzerland and Austria'
The Rhine originates in Switzerland, forms the boundary Switzerland-Liechtenstein and Switzerland-Austria, flows through Lake Constance, and then forms the boundary Germany-Switzerland and Germany-France. Then it flows through Netherlands into the North Sea.
Geography Question 6
North Dakota--The Peace Garden State - What is the state beverage?
The correct answer is 'Milk'
The North Dakota legislature made milk the state beverage to recognize the importance of the state's industry.
Geography Question 7
Rivers in Missouri - Table Rock Dam, completed by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1958, is on what river?
The correct answer is 'White'
Table Rock Lake has a surface area of over 52,000 acres and over 800 miles of shoreline. An earlier dam on the White River created Bull Shoals Lake.
Geography Question 8
"K" Asian Cities - This (now ruined) city in Mongolia was established as Genghis Khan's capital in the early 13th century.
The correct answer is 'Karakorum'
Karakorum was deserted by Kublai Khan who erected a new capital in Khanbalink (now Beijing) in 1267. Marco Polo was here ca. 1275. The city was later destroyed and abandoned.
Geography Question 9
Global Cities 'F' - In which of the following countries is the city of Forbach?
The correct answer is 'France'
Forbach is a French city in the region of Lorraine.
Geography Question 10
New Capitals - The capital of India was planned by whom?
The correct answer is 'Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens'
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens planned the city of New Delhi, that was built from 1912 to 1929 on a site adjacent to the city of Delhi. The capital was officially moved in 1931 to a city full of majestic buildings and wide streets in a grand layout.
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The three other names I made up.